σύριγγα

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pan pipes”). The medical term is a reborrowing/semantic loan from French seringue (“syringe”)

Noun

σύριγγα • (sýringa) f (plural σύριγγες)

  1. (medicine) syringe
  2. (music) pan pipes, pan flute

Declension

Declension of σύριγγα
singular plural
nominative σύριγγα • σύριγγες •
genitive σύριγγας • συρίγγων •
accusative σύριγγα • σύριγγες •
vocative σύριγγα • σύριγγες •

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